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Day18

Courtrooms

Laterthatmorning,threemen‐‐twolawyersandthejudge‐‐satin

chamberswhileLonfinishedspeaking.Itwasamomentbeforethejudge

answered.

Itsanunusualrequest,hesaid,ponderingthesituation.Itseemstomethe

trialcouldverywellendtoday.Areyousayingthisurgentmattercantwaituntil

laterthiseveningortomorrow?No,YourHonor,itcant,Lonanswered

almosttooquickly.Stayrelaxed,hetoldhimself.Takeadeepbreath.

Andithasnothingtodowiththiscase?No,YourHonor.Itsofaal

nature.Iknowitsoutoftheordinary,butIreallyneedtotakecareofit.Good,

ter.Thejudgeleanedbackinhischair,evaluatinghimforamoment.

Mr.Bates,howdoyoufeelaboutthis?

Heclearedhisthroat.Mr.HammondcalledmethismorningandIvealready

spokentomyclients.TheyrewillingtopostponeuntilMonday.Isee,the

judgesaid.Anddoyoubelieveitisinyourclientsbestintereststodothis?I

believeso,hesaid.Mr.Hammondhasagreedtoreopendiscussionona

certainmatternotcoveredbythisproceeding.

Thejudgelookedhardatbothofthemandthoughtaboutit.Idontlikeit,he

finallysaid,notatall.ButMr.Hammondhasnevermadeasimilarrequest

before,andIassumethematterisveryimportanttohim.Hepausedforeffect,

第18天

那天早上晚些时候，三名男子——两名和一名——坐在房间里，朗结束

了。过了一会儿才回答。

“这是一个不寻常的请求，”他思考着当前的情况说道。“在我看来，审判很

可能在今天结束。你是说这件紧急的事情不能等到今晚晚些时候还是明天？”

“不，大人，不可能。”Lon回答得几乎太快了。保持放松，他告诉自己。

深吸一口气。

“而且和这个案子没有关系？”“不，大人。这是个人性质的。我知道这

不寻常，但的需要处理它。”好，更好。靠在椅子上，打量了他一会

儿。

“贝茨先生，您对此有何看法？”